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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

-Leads the training and mentoring for 23 mid-level Country Program Coordinators (CPCs) who provide direct support to one PEPFAR operating unit each-Leads the orientation program for new staff within OHA and organized biannual 40-hour training course covering key technical, operational and focal group topics-Leads the Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA) global staffing initiative to relieve hiring bottlenecks; and train and target resources to onboard several hundred health Mission-based staff-Supports OHA’s collaboration with USAID’s Office of Country Support, USAID Regional Bureaus and Global Health Bureau initiatives-Serves as the primary USAID HQ point-of-contact (Senior Country Associate, SCA) for PEPFAR/Kenya, a program whose FY24 USAID budget is $183.9m.-Served as the USAID SCA for PEPFAR/West Africa Regional (Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, Benin & Burkina Faso) during a three-year period of start-up and rapid growth, driving the program’s growth from $35m to $82m/year; had previously served this role for Papua New Guinea, Burundi, Cameroon and Central America.-Led the successful initiative to add Benin to the PEPFAR/West Africa Regional portfolio including developing program proposals; identifying key concerns and needs; lobbying stakeholders at multiple levels and within multiple agencies; and obtaining buy-in from three Ambassadors.-Leads USAID/HQ's Global Health Team for Djibouti.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Served as the USAID OHA’s specialist, coordinator and trouble-shooter for a portfolio of PEPFAR “COP” countries/regions, including tracking key HIV/AIDS epidemiological and policy developments; providing technical guidance, coverage and day-to-day operational support; and ensuring compliance with global policies and mandates from USAID and PEPFAR.-Led a team of seven Country Program Coordinators, each assigned to one of the countries in my portfolio. Provided strategic direction and guidance, mentorship and oversight of their work products.-Served as principal coordinator and point of contact between USAID’s Office of HIV/AIDS and FHI360, OHA’s second-largest implementer. Coordinated the resolution of strategic global and country-specific issues with performance and operations.-Led OHA’s regionalization efforts to PEPFAR in Asia and West Africa, including coordinating the re-organization of seventeen PEPFAR country programs into new regional structures and working with myriad internal and external stakeholders - including USAID regional bureaus, OGAC, overseas Missions and Embassies, and the USAID Front Office - to smoothly facilitate this process.-Coordinated PEPFAR programming with OGAC staff and leads USAID’s participation in the development and review of country HIV/AIDS strategies, partnership reviews and operating plans.-Led OHA’s response to several major PEPFAR initiatives, including the responsible transition/close-out of several smaller PEPFAR programs and the development of the Country Team Cluster model of program review and engagement.-Co-initiated and co-led a series of orientation trainings for new OHA staff.-Supported USAID Missions to contribute to national disease strategic plans, Global Fund strategies and improved coordination across donors and with programs.-Led technical design team of flagship HIV Key Populations program for USAID/West Africa Regional as part of RFA process.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Improved cooperation and collaboration between USAID, PEPFAR, the Global Fund (GFATM) and other international stakeholders on HIV, TB and malaria programming by providing direct support and HQ-level coordination-Served as USAID Activity Manager for direct technical support on $100 million Grant Management Solutions contract, overseeing Global Fund technical support activities to dozens of countries.-Coordinated effective technical support to GF programs in order to improve grant performance, remove administrative bottlenecks, and comply with Global Fund policies through a portfolio of technical support programs and liaising with overseas technical support partners and GFATM/Secretariat-Developed methodology and criteria for technical assistance request evaluation-Conducted program supervision and technical assistance monitoring visits in collaboration with the GFATM/Secretariat and Expertise France; helps develop joint technical assistance strategies-Created and implemented tools for PEPFAR programs to plan for their roles under the GFATM’s New Funding Model, including problem identification and technical assistance planning-Chaired interdepartmental working group supporting the GFATM Board’s Finance and Audit Committee as it worked to ensure the GFATM’s continued solvency and financial responsibility-Served on the PEPFAR Key Populations Technical Working Group (KP TWG) providing technical guidance to KP-focused projects funded by the USG and the Global Fund-Conducted special projects, including drafting and developing legacy report on USAID/Madagascar’s HIV program, assessing PEPFAR/Ukraine’s Global Fund support programs, providing programmatic support to PEPFAR/Central Asia’s Regional Operational Plan, advocating for USAID’s unmanned aerial device (drone) program exploration, and supporting the US government mission to UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Led teams designing and writing PEPFAR country strategies, work-plans and budgets for Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan; assisted with PEPFAR country strategies for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as part of a technical assistance team; facilitated collaboration between USAID, CDC, OGAC and non-USG partners-Assisted with writing, editing and presenting PEPFAR guidance documents for injecting drug use (IDU), men who have sex with men (MSM) and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioids-Prepared and presented abstract on using SMS to reach MSM populations for HIV prevention

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Created Best Practices and program highlights documents for HIV prevention among injecting drug users-Lobbied US Senate in successful campaign to repeal federal funding ban on needle exchange

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Measurably improved IDU health impact by spearheading IDU harm-reduction activities, including sharing best practices; project design; proposal writing; health-impact measurement; and internal and external advocacy-Championed IDU programming through increased internal and external knowledge sharing by developing and managing a wiki site, two newsletters, a blog, communications briefers, a department website and a BCC database-Lobbied US House of Representatives in successful campaign to repeal federal funding ban on needle exchange-Provided on-the-ground technical assistance to HIV testing programs in Guinea and Laos

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Coordinated portfolio of scholarship programs for African women in agriculture and the environment including providing for the financial and logistical (and occasionally emotional) needs of the scholars-Provided direct administrative and technical oversight for Nigerian AIDS Impact Mitigation project under PEPFAR initiative and Tanzanian Education Alternatives for Children project under the US DOL including reviewing contracts, financial and accounting reports, procurements and communication materials-Prepared reports, success stories, budgets and correspondence with donors and the general public-Designed new Excel-based financial monitoring and accounting software and supervised a indirect-cost rate application to the US government for local NGO partners-Served as the contact person for Winrock’s efforts to increase its HIV/AIDS portfolio

Mansa, Zambia

-Co-Authored successful $2.4m PEPFAR proposal for VCT services, aid to OVCs (Orphans and Vulnerable Children), HIV/AIDS prevention education and farmer assistance-Oversaw the implementation of integrated HIV-Testing and Counseling center, including a large-scale marketing and outreach drive to increase visibility and reduce the barriers to VCT, hired six staff members and coordinated integrated referral services with all available resources for HIV+ people in Luapula Province, Zambia-Located funding resources, networked with donors and arranged for over $50k annual financing-Authored new financial manual for Luapula Foundation, as it increased its size and scope-Conducted needs assessments; identified and formed relationships with new partners and created service linkages

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Provided direct administrative and technical support for 14 PSI country offices with a departmental budget of $54m: wrote and assisted with budgets and proposals; conducted project monitoring, financial planning and logistical support; reviewed marketing plans; oversaw payments; served as liaison with field to PSI/Washington departments-Created new Excel-based financial monitoring and labor-tracking systems -Coordinated $5m multi-country proposal to a prospective new donor on which PSI received a 100% technical rating-Supervised four full- and part-time interns and led the departmental intern-hiring team-Organized a nine-day 60-person bilingual retreat and training for PSI Staff in Cape Town, South Africa-Provided logistical and analytic support to US-based and overseas teams

Vogan, Togo

-Initiated, organized, publicized and led the first ever AIDS-education bike ride in Togo in 2003 on a budget of $200 and expanded it to all regions of Togo in 2004-Organized, facilitated, represented and publicized the collaboration between Peace Corps and the Carter Center----Drafted a $7000 grant proposal to conduct four weeklong Guinea worm parasite education and eradication programs in the 84 most highly endemic villages of Togo----Planned and hosted four “Guinea Worm Weeks”, weeklong intensive campaigns to eradicate Guinea Worm in endemic areas; recruited and trained 61 American and many Togolese volunteers, planned and wrote budgets, coordinated with village chieftains and the American embassy, conducted emergency planning----Managed program funds and coordinated field-based activities between Peace Corps, the Carter Center, and Togolese Ministry of Health-Organized and built school expansion in Massé-Kopé, Togo; served as de facto building contractor-Oversaw sanitation campaign in Vo prefecture, Togo including the construction of 55 family latrines; met with traditional African chiefs, prepared a budget, wrote grants-Served as French-English translator for GPS epidemiological studies for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mba, International Business

Activities and Societies: Emerging Markets Network, Net Impact, Non-Profit Internship Fund

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: Senior thesis: Answering the New Vérole: an examination of the French response to AIDS as a social disease..

French Language And Literature